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About

Ph.D. Student at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut at Storrs, Connecticut; promoted to Ph. D. candidacy, fall 2012

(2007 – 2009)

M.Sc. Degree of Science in Plant Ecology and Systematics, School of Biology, School of Sciences, University of Tehran

(2003 – 2007)

Bachelor of Science in Plant Biology, School of Biology, School of Sciences, University of Tehran

Dissertation research

I am studying waterworts (genus Elatine L. from waterworts family (scientific name: Elatinaceae) for my PhD dissertation. Elatinaceae Dumortier are a family of aquatic plants in the order Malpighiales and comprise about 50 species worldwide
. These are cosmopolitan aquatic plants, which grow in both northern and southern hemispheres from temperate to tropical
zones; however, the greatest diversity of the family is in temperate zones . Most species of the family
are annual herbs, although a few species are small perennial shrubs. Tucker (1986) described the general morphology of the family as follows: herbaceous or suffrutescent, annual or
perennial plants, which are found in aquatic or moist terrestrial habitats. Elatinaceae include two fairly species-rich genera: Elatine L. (common name: waterworts) with about 25
species and Bergia L. (common name: bergia) with 20 to 25 species.